TechRadar rating
/5
For
- Useful Ribbon interface
- Better search and sharing
- Elegant Full Screen view
- Built-in equation editor
- New, cleaner interface
- Macro support is back via VBA
- Online editing with Excel Web
- Built-in document sharing
- Better formatting support
- Even more animation options
- Better handling of media
- Scripting and collaboration tools
- Rebuild of Outlook in Cocoa for the future
- Improved Outlook interface
- Improvements under the hood
- Cheaper and faster than 2008
- Thoughtful new features
- Outlook better than Entourage
- Mail database gone in Outlook
Against
- Pricey
- No upgrade pricing
- Irritating characteristics
- No word count in Full Screen
- Unnecessary niggles remain
- Not everyone loves the Ribbon
- May feel unfamiliar at first
- Still no font embedding
- Occasional Outlook bugs
- Conversation view isn't great
